Bhagavad Gita: Constitutional position of God [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 4 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

bhumir apo' nalo vayuh
kham mano buddhir eva ca
ahankara itiyam me
bhinna prakrtir astadha

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 4 Chapter 7)

Meaning:

Earth, water, fire,air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego-all together these  eight constitute My separate material energies. 

*** The science of God analyzes the constitutional position of God and his diverse energies. Material nature is called prakrti, or the energy of the Lord in his different purusa incarnations(expressions) as described in the Satvata-tantra: " For material creation, Lord Krsna's  plenary expansion assumes three Visnus. The first one, Maha-Visnu, creates the total material energy, known as the mahat-tattva. The second, Garbhodakasayi Vishnu, enters into all the universes to create diversities in each of them. The third, Ksirodakasayi Vishnu is diffused as the all-pervading Supersoul in all the universes and is known as Paramatma. He is present even within the atoms. Anyone who knows these three Visnus can be liberated from material  entanglement. 

Bhagavad Gita: Constitutional position of God [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 4 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Hardly one knows Me in Truth [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 3 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

manusyanam sahasresu
kascid yatati siddhaye
yatatam api siddhanam
kascin mam vetti tattvatah

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 3 Chapter 7)

Meaning:

Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth. 

*** Only the pure devotees can know something of the inconceivable transcendental qualities in Krsna, in the cause of all causes, in his omnipotence and opulence, and in his Wealth, fame, strength, beauty, knowledge and renunciation.

Bhagavad Gita: Hardly one knows Me in Truth [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 3 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 2 Chapter 7)

sri-bhagavan uvaca

jnanam te 'ham sa-vijnanam
idam vaksyamy asesatah
yaj jnatva neha bhuyo nyaj
jnatavyam avasisyate

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 2 Chapter 7)

Meaning:

I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge, both phenomenal and numinous. This being known, nothing further shall remain for you to know.

*** One should be intelligent enough to know the source of all knowledge, who is the cause of all causes and the  only object for meditation in all types of yoga practice. When the cause of all causes becomes known, then everything knowable becomes known, and nothing remains unknown.

Bhagavad Gita: Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 2 Chapter 7)

Bhagavad Gita: You can know Me in full, free from doubt (Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 1 Chapter 7)

sri-bhagavan uvaca

mayy asakta-manah partha
yogam yunjan mad-asrayah
asamsayam samagram mam
yatha jnasyasi tac chrnu

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 1 Chapter 7)

Meaning:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Now hear, O son of Prtha, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt.

*** Bhakti-yoga severs the hard knot of material affection and enables one to come at once to the stage of asamsayam-samagram, understanding of the Supreme Absolute Truth Personality of Godhead.

Bhagavad Gita: You can know Me in full, free from doubt (Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 1 Chapter 7)

Bhagavad Gita: Intimately united with Divine [Dhyana-yoga,Text 47 Chapter 6]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

yoginam api sarvesam
mad-gatenantar-atmana
sraddhavan bhajate yo mam
sa me yuktatamo matah

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 47 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

And of all yogis, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself, and renders transcendental loving service to Me-he is the most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all. That is My opinion

*** Anyone who does not render service and neglects his duty unto the primeval Lord, who is the sources of all living entities, will certainly fall down from his constitutional position. 

Bhagavad Gita: Intimately united with Divine  [Dhyana-yoga,Text 47 Chapter 6]

Bhagavad Gita: In all circumstances, be a yogi [Dhyana-yoga,Text 46 Chapter 6]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

tapasvibhyo ' dhiko yogi
jnanibhyo ' pi mato' dhikah
karmibhyas' cadhiko yogi
tasmad yogi bhavarjuna

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 46 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

A yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker, Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yogi.

Bhagavad Gita: In all circumstances, be a yogi  [Dhyana-yoga,Text 46 Chapter 6]

Bhagavad Gita: Attain the supreme goal [Dhyana-yoga,Text 45 Chapter 6]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

prayatnad yatamanas tu
yogi samsuddha-kilbisah
aneka-janma-samsiddhas
tato yati param gatim

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 45 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

And when the yogi engages himself with sincere endeavor in making further progress, being washed of all contaminations, then ultimately, achieving perfection after many, many births of practice, he attains the supreme goal.

Bhagavad Gita: Attain the supreme goal  [Dhyana-yoga,Text 45 Chapter 6]

Bhagavad Gita: Automatically attracted to the yogic principles by virtue of divine consciousness of his previous life [Dhyana-yoga,Text 44 Chapter 6]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

purvabhyasena tenaiva
hriyate hy avaso pi sah
jijnasur api yogasya
sabda-brahmativartate

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 44 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

By virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principles-even without seeking them.Such an inquisitive transcendentalist stands always above the ritualistic principles of the scriptures.

Bhagavad Gita: Automatically attracted to the yogic principles by virtue of divine consciousness of his previous life  [Dhyana-yoga,Text 44 Chapter 6]

Bhagavad Gita: Further progress in order to achieve complete success [Dhyana-yoga,Text 43 Chapter 6]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

tatra tam buddhi-samyogam
labhate paurva-dehikam
yatate ca tato bhuyah
samsiddhau kuru-nandana

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 43 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

On taking such a birth, he revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he again tries to make further progress in order to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru.

Bhagavad Gita: Further progress in order to achieve complete success [Dhyana-yoga,Text 43 Chapter 6]

Bhagavad Gita: Assurance, if unsuccessful after long practice of yoga [Dhyana-yoga,Text 42 Chapter 6]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

atha va yoginam eva
kule bhavati dhimatam
etad dhi durlabhataram
loke janma yad idrsam

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 42 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

Or [if unsuccessful after long practice of yoga] he takes his birth in a family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. Certainly, such a birth is rare in this world.

Bhagavad Gita: Assurance, if unsuccessful after long practice of yoga [Dhyana-yoga,Text 42 Chapter 6]

Bhagavad Gita: Place of Unsuccessful Yogi (Dhyana-yoga,Text 41 Chapter 6)

sri-bhagavan uvaca

prapya punya-krtam lokan
usitva sasvatih samah
sucinam srimatam gehe
yoga-bhrasto ' bhijayate

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 41 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

The unsuccessful yogi, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous people or into a family of rich aristocracy.

Bhagavad Gita:  Place of Unsuccessful Yogi , Dhyana-yoga,Text 41 Chapter 6

Bhagavad Gita: One who does good, never overcome by evil ,(Dhyana-yoga,Text 40 Chapter 6)

sri-bhagavan uvaca

partha naiveha namutra

vinasas tasya vidyate

na hi kalyana-krt kascid

durgatim tata gacchati

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 40 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said : Son of Prtha, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction either in this world or in the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil.


(Dhyana-yoga: One who does good, never overcome by evil ,Text 40 Chapter 6)

Bhagavad Gita: What is the destination of the unsuccessful transcendentalist ? (Dhyana-Yoga, Text 37, 38, 39 Chapter 6)

arjuna uvaca
ayatih sraddhayopeto
yogac calita-manasah
aprapya yoga-samsiddim
kam gatim krsna gacchati

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 37 Chapter 6)

Kaccin nobhaya-vibhrastas
chinnabhram iva nasyati
apratistho maha-baho
vimudho brahmanah pathi

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 38 Chapter 6)

etan me samsayam krsna

chettum arhasy asesatah

tvad-anyah samsayasyasya

chetta na hy upapadyate

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 39 Chapter 6)

Meaning text 37: Arjuna said: O Krsna, what is the destination  of the unsuccessful transcendentalist, who in the beginning takes to the process of self -realization with faith but who later desists due to worldly-mindedness and thus does not attain perfection in mysticism?

Bhagavad Gita: What is the destination of the unsuccessful transcendentalist ? (Dhyana-Yoga, Text 37 Chapter 6)

***The basic principle of self realization is knowledge that the living entity is not this material body but that he is different from it and that his happiness is in eternal life, bliss and knowledge. Arjuna is inquisitive to know the results of deviation from the path of self-realization

Meaning text 38: O mighty-armed Krsna, does not such a man, who is bewildered from the path of transcendence, fall away from both spiritual  and material success and perish like a river cloud, with no position in any sphere? 

Meaning text 39: This is my doubt, O Krsna, and I ask you to dispel it completely. But for You, no one is to be found who can destroy this doubt.

Bhagavad Gita: Assured of success (Dhyana-Yoga, Text 36 Chapter 6)

asamyatatmana yogo
dusprapa iti me matih
vasyatmana tu yatata
sakyo vaptum upayatah

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 36 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

For one whose mind is unbridled, self realization  is difficult work. But he whose mind is controlled and who strives by appropriate means is assured of success. That is My opinion.

Bhagavad Gita: Assured of success (Dhyana-Yoga, Text 36 Chapter 6)

Bhagavad Gita: It is possible by suitable practice and by detachment to control the mind (Dhyana-Yoga, Text 35 Chapter 6)

Sri-bhagavan uvaca

asamsayam maha-baho
mano durnigraham calam
abhyasena tu kaunteya
vairagyena ca grhyate

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 35 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

Meaning: Lord Sri Krsna said: O mightly-armed son of kunti, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by suitable practice and by detachment.

Bhagavad Gita: It is possible by suitable practice and by detachment to control the mind (Dhyana-Yoga, Text 35 Chapter 6)

Bhagavad Gita: Nature of mind (Difficult to control) (Dhyana-yoga, Text 33, 34 Chapter 6)

arjuna uvaca

yo' yam yogas tvaya proktah

samyena madhusudana

etasyaham na pasyami

cancalatvat sthitim sthiram

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 33 Chapter 6)

yo' yam yogas tvaya proktah

samyena madhusudana

etasyaham na pasyami

cancalatvat sthitim sthiram

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 34 Chapter 6)

Meaning:

Arjuna said: O Madhusudana, the system of yoga which you have summarized appears impractical and unendurable to me, for the mind is restless and unsteady.

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 33 Chapter 6)

For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind.

(Dhyana-yoga, Text 34 Chapter 6)


***Simple method one must engage one's mind fully in divine (Krsna). Only then will there remain no other engagements to agitate the mind.

Bhagavad Gita: Perfect Yogi ( Dhyana-yoga, Text 32, Chapter 6)

atmaupamyena sarvatra
samampasyati yo' rjuna
sukham va yadi va duhkham
sa yogi paramo matah

Meaning: He is perfect yogi who, by comparison to his own self, sees the true equality of all beings, in both their happiness and their distress, O Arjuna!

***One who is divine(Krsna) conscious is a perfect yogi; he is aware of everyone's happiness and distress by dint of his own personal experience. The cause of the distress of a living entity is forgetfulness of his relationship with God. And the cause of happiness is knowing krsna (divine) to be the supreme enjoyer of all the activities of the human being, the proprietor of all lands and planets, and the sincerest friend of all living entities. 

Bhagavad Gita: Perfect Yogi ( Dhyana-yoga, Text 32, Chapter 6)

Bhagavad Gita: Worshipful service of the Supersoul (Text 31, Chapter 6)

Sarva-bhuta-sthitam yo mam

bhajaty ekatvam asthitah

sarvatha vartamano'pi

sa yogi mayi vartate

Meaning: Such a yogi, who engages in the worshipful service of the Supersoul, knowing that I and the Supersoul are one, remains always in Me in all circumstances.

Bhagavad Gita: Worshipful service of the Supersoul (Text 31, Chapter 6)

Bhagavad Gita: Relationship with God (Divine) (Text 30, Chapter 6)

yo mam pasyati sarvatra

sarvam ca mayi pasyati

tasyaham na pranasyami

sa ca me na pranasyati

Meaning: For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.

Bhagavad Gita: Relationship with God (Divine) (Text 30, Chapter 6)

Bhagavad Gita: Self realized person sees Me, the same Supreme lord, everywhere (Dhyana-yoga (Text 29, Chapter 6)

Bhagavad Gita: Self realized person  sees Me, the same Supreme lord, everywhere (Dhyana-yoga (Text 29, Chapter 6)

Sarva- bhuta-stham atmanam
Sarva-bhutani catmani
iksate yoga -yuktatma
sarvatra sama -darsanah

Meaning:

A true yogi observes Me in all beings and also sees every beings in Me.
Indeed, the self-realized person  sees Me, the same Supreme lord, everywhere.

Bhagavad Gita: Attain highest stage of perfect happiness (Dhyana-yoga (Text 28, Chapter 6)

Yunjaan evam sadatmanam
Yogi vigata- kalash
Sukhena brahma - samparsam
Atyantam sukham asnute

Meaning:

Thus the self controlled yogi, constantly engaged in yoga practice, becomes free from all material contamination and achives the highest stage of perfect happiness in Transcendental loving service to the Lord.

Bhagavad Gita: Attain highest stage of perfect happiness  (Dhyana-yoga (Text 28, Chapter 6)

Bhagavad Gita: Attain highest perfection of transcendental happiness (Dhyana-yoga (Text 27 Ch 6))

Sri-bhagavan uvaca

prasanta-manasam hy enam
yoginam sukham uttamam
upaiti santa-rajasam
brahma-bhutam akalmasam

Meaning: The yogi whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest perfection of transcendental happiness. He is beyond the mode of passion, he realizes his qualitative identity with the Supreme, and thus he is freed from all reactions to past deeds.

Bhagavad Gita: Attain highest perfection of transcendental happiness  (Dhyana-yoga (Text 27 Ch 6))

Bhagavad Gita: Bring mind under the control of the self (Dhyana-yoga (Text 26 Ch 6))

Sri-bhagavan uvaca

yato yato niscalati
manas cancalam asthiram
tatas tato niyamyaitad
atmany eva vasam nayet

Meaning: From wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the self.

Bhagavad Gita: Bring mind under the control of the self  (Dhyana-yoga (Text 26 Ch 6))

***In transcendental sense happiness, the senses are engaged in the service of Hrsikesa, or the supreme owner of the senses-Krsna(divine). Serving Krsna(divine) with purified senses is called Krsna(divine) consciousness.That is the way of bringing the senses under full control.

Bhagavad Gita: Gradually, step by step, one should become situated in trance (Dhyana-yoga (Text 25 Ch 6))

Sri-bhagavan uvaca

sanaih sanair uparamed
buddhya dhrti-grhitaya
atma-samstham manah krtva
na kincid api cintayet

Meaning: Gradually, step by step, one should become situated in trance by means of intelligence sustained by full conviction, and thus the mind should be fixed on the self alone and should think of nothing else.

Bhagavad Gita: Gradually, step by step, one should become situated in trance  (Dhyana-yoga (Text 25 Ch 6))

Bhagavad Gita: Practice Yoga with determination and faith (Dhyana-yoga (Text 24 Ch 6))

Sri-bhagavan uvaca

sa niscayena yoktavyo
yogo 'nirvinna-cetasa
sankalpa-prabhavan kamams
tyaktva sarvan asesatah
manasaivendriya-gramam
viniyamya samantatah

Meaning: One should engage oneself in the practice of yoga with determination and faith and not be deviated from the path. One should abandon, without exception, all material desires born of mental speculation and thus control all the senses on all sides by the mind.

Bhagavad Gita: Practice Yoga with determination and faith  (Dhyana-yoga (Text 24 Ch 6))

Bhagavad Gita: Actual freedom from all miseries (Dhyana-yoga (Text 20-23 Ch 6))

Sri-bhagavan uvaca

yatroparamate cittam
niruddham yoga-sevaya
yatra caivatmanatmanam
pasyann atmani tusyati

sukham atyantikam yat tad
buddhi-grahyam atindriyam
vetti yatra na caivayam
sthitas calati tattvatah

yam labdhva caparam labham
manyate nadhikam tatah
yasmin sthito na duhkhena
gurunapi vicalyate

tam vidyad duhkha-samyoga-
viyogam yoga-samjnitam

Meaning: In the stage of perfection called trance, or samadhi, one's mind is completely restrained  from material mental activities by practice of yoga.This perfection is characterised by one's ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness, realized through transcendental senses.Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact. 

Bhagavad Gita: Actual freedom from all miseries  (Dhyana-yoga (Text 20-23 Ch 6))